Coverage begins in September 1909 with the Pirates clinching their fourth National League Pennant, and then the World Series against the Detroit Tigers. In the team’s first final, the Series went to seven games with the Pirates eventually sealing it 4-3, thanks in no small part to the exploits of Honus Wagner.

Also included in the coverage is the second World Series title in 1925, which the Pirates secured with victory in seven games over the defending champions, the Washington Senators. In winning, the Pirates became the first team in a best-of-seven series to come from 3-1 down.

The next period to be covered in serious detail is the 1960 season, in which the Pirates wrapped up their third World Series with victory over the New York Yankees. Yet again, the title was taken to the seventh game, where the Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski hit a ninth-innings home run to seal a 10-9 win.

Thereafter, the two World Series wins in 1971 and 1979 also feature, in what was a very successful period for the team. More recently, divisional titles in the early 1990s also get their share of the limelight, while the new millennium includes coverage of the team’s victories over the Cardinals in 2002 and 2003.

As for the book itself, it measures in at an impressive 12.5 x 15 inches, bound in a burnt sienna cover. Made with an antique-style finish, the cover beautifully contrasts the book’s originally reported black and white content, for the ultimate Pittsburgh Pirates memorabilia.

Your Pittsburgh Pirates Book Personalized

Personalize your Pittsburgh Pirates Book by adding the recipient’s Name up to 22 characters, gold-embossed for free on the cover and a Message up to 150 characters on the certificate of the title page.

If you want to make this gift stand out from the rest, opt for our premium black leather hardback, with color-pages from 2006 onwards, so your present becomes unmatched in presentation and meaning.

General Information

Your Personalized Pittsburgh Pirates Book is a collection of vast reports created by the Washington Post archive. Reproduced to an impressive tabloid 12.5 x 15” collectable, your text will be printed exactly as you have entered it, so please double check spelling, punctuation and capitalization. Accents and other symbols cannot be printed.

Personalized Pittsburgh Pirates History Book

A comprehensive newspaper history of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1909 onwards

Bound in a leatherette hardback, embossed in gold for free

Featuring in-depth articles as originally reported by the Washington Post